Early rita:
Early rita is when is was first founded, and the years after.
rita year 0-
- rita is built from ku’. The great mage rita, aged 46, supposedly from the olden obro empire, and his followers establish the first civilization there. The land they settled on was probably what is now the town of ssa.
- The great mage rita is named the leader of the whole land.
rita year 48-
- After a long life, the great mage and then ruler rita dies. The land of rita is named after him in his memory. There is now a power vacuum.
- The Power War begins.
rita year 53-
- Prince Pusso is sent to rita, in what is now the town of Pusso, to stop the war.
- Hoch the explorer finds remnants of the war, then sees the battles.
- Pusso and Hoch create peace and settle, with their communities, on several places within the established lands of rita.
rita year 55-
- After two years without a central ruler, and the prospect of even more chaos, the citizens, especially the scholars, worked together to establish the democratic system used today.
- The controversial thinker ju’m writes bubabanubengi ju’so, translated as “you all suck”. It was an attack on the governmental system they were deciding on, saying a full on democracy will never last.
- The first council of 12 is elected.
rita year 60
- The second council of twelve is elected.
- A calendar system is created to use throughout the land.
- A treaty is signed to avoid tensions between Pusso and rita, in which their own specific land areas were defined.
- The ngu becomes the standard currency in most places in rita. Pusso still uses their local currencies, as well as some other towns.
rita year 107-
- People start exploring and colonizing lands that are outside the mainland, and the islands.
- Humans and Quasngi first interact.
rita year 500-
- After hundreds of years of peaceful interaction, the Quasngi attack, angry that humans took their land, spreading fear of other species. Humans forget the Truths the nation was built on and start fighting.
- A war begins over the situation with other species. People grow scared of a council of 12 that supported rights for other species and set to overthrow it. This also brought people who were always scared of a democratic system to light.
rita year 503
- The cult of rilabe is established.
- The war continues.
rita year 507-
- A treaty is signed. The two species agree to share the land.
- The cult of rilabe takes over jjagorilabe. They isolate themselves.
- The great playwright ra’k is born.
rita year 509-
- The Plague starts spreading.
rita year 517-
- After 8 years of chaos, mages and doctors work to stop the spread of The Plague. About three million people are killed.
rita year 520
- banu, a collection of religious texts and writings from scholars, is published, one of the first books to be published on the printing press.
The Great Age
The Great Age is characterized by a long period of art, science, peace, and thinking. Not to say there were no problems.
rita year 530-
- ra’k writes his first play. It is revolutionary, as it is long, dramatic, tragic, and complex. Most plays before have been short and funny. This is because of the horrible life ra’k had led- his mother was one of the last to die in The Plague, and his father was abusive and eventually joins the cult of rilabe.
rita year 564-
- A second great playwright, Myx, is born in Pusso.
rita year 565
- The play the mage premieres, supposedly by ra’k. This causes much hate against ra’k, but now it is largely accepted to have been written by someone else.
rita year 734
- The pi’dbahi’, the gathering of magic, is founded by mages ka’lo and bo’lon. It soons become a popular spot for mages to hang out.
rita year 746
- The band pa’datuje is formed. Their first performance is at a festival in their hometown du. They soon become famous, just through word of mouth.
rita year 781
- A group is discovered, hidden away in the dark corners of the city of jju, that still follows the original paganism of the society rita came from. They were found by accident by night people, and immediately publicly shamed. They were kicked out, but continued wandering and converting people.
rita year 800
- A third great playwright, si’n, is born.
rita year 825
- si’n writes re’, her most dramatic and stunning play yet. It also was one of the first to directly include music, a pattern that would be copied by many, and eventually become standard.
rita year 840
- The island of jjagomi’ is colonized.
rita year 863
- The musical play tujebebassi’gbahi’basiru, translated as the small mage, is released. It is the first musical comedy, and the first to be written by a larger group instead of one playwright and one musician.
rita year 879
- The musical drama sise, with music by the band pa’datuje, is published. It is about the life of the hero rita.
The Tragic Age
The Tragic Age is known for much tragedy, splitting up of land, new cults and cultures popping up, and all that good stuff.
rita year 914
- The group of thinkers and conspiracists distrustful of democracy gain more power, after a scandal in which the standard election was compromised. The create an army.
rita year 917
- The group of people fighting against democracy officially split off from the rest and make a new land, claiming the empty area below rita.
rita yea 920-
- The government finally breaks down. This is for a couple of reasons. For one, the government in jju’ spent much time and money keeping away the rising group of pagans, and this was taking a toll. But mainly, it was the lasting effects of the Democracy Wars. The government was weary, and the people were starting to hear the complaints of the thinkers that led it. The people take over and establish a new government, in which one monarch is supported by a council of a few hundred people. The citizens were forced to give absolute power and loyalty to one person. The first ruler is ratja pidabbu, distantly descended from scholar pi’dbul.
rita year 1003
- All of rita becomes a monarchy, with the exception of this still theocratic jjagorilabe, which was famous for holding on that long, and a few independent democratic places, such as the island of mi and the city of liga, established by democratic fighters who had fleed from jju, which they saw as the capital of greed and corruption.
rita year 1007
- In an effort to unite the people in new rita, ratja set out to invade and "save" the isolated nation of jjagorilabe. The main members of the theocracy are killed, and the land is taken for rita. The people of jjagorilabe don't take it that well. They had been brainwashed into the cult of rilabe and the "holiness" of the theocracy of jjagorilabe, so the attempted to take down ratja and his whole regime, with violent protests.
rita year 1009
- In a surprising move, the ever-diminishing democratic army start to support the people in the cult of rilabe. Together, they just manage to take out ratja. However, they soon turned on eachother because of different visions. A new period of chaos began.
rita year 1020
- de’go, a famous pagan, writes a book that calls for peace and unity within the world. Even though no pagan documents are technically allowed in jju’, copies find there way in. Before long, peace groups are being formed and gaining attention. However, the three main forces- jjagorilabe, the democratic army, and ratja pidabbu and his followers attempt to shut down these groups.
- The monthly journal jje’li (bounce), a highly satirical journal on social and political issues, publishes its first edition.
rita year 1043
- In the Pusso city of Woxi, the theater Iloily is built. This was built to raise spirits in the disaster that was happening.
rita year 1045
- In the struggle for power, a new force arrives: the army of taga. taga was a local politician, when that was a position you could hold. He and his army promised peace and unity once again, which gained him support. He was also deeply religious, devoting all of his actions to the gods.
rita year 1049
- taga and his army unleash an attack on the Democratic Army and win by a large amount. This raises their confidence and support.
rita year 1051
- Now with hundreds of thousands of followers, taga plans to take down the second force, jjagorilabe. His forces slowly but surely assassinate their leaders, and jjagorilabe falls apart.
- The ever-diminishing monarchy shuts down the publishers of jje’li, to much public outrage.
rita year 1052
- The final standoff between taga’s army and the monarchy begins, in what would become a 27 year war, with over a million casualties.
The New Age
The New Age is a new time for rita- whether it was good or bad is arguable, but everything changed.
rita year 1079
- With no end in sight, taga and the monarchy reluctantly agree to split the land in half, leaving the land of the Quasngi independent. They both begin to forge their own empires.